1 Samuel 14 · Verse 23

1 Samuel 14:23

So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth–aven.
1 Samuel 14:23, King James Version

1 Samuel 14:23 in other translations

BSBSo the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.
WEBSo the LORD saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over by Beth Aven.
ASVSo Jehovah saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over by Beth-aven.
YLTAnd Jehovah saveth Israel on that day, and the battle hath passed over to Beth-Aven.
DARBYAnd Jehovah saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over beyond Beth-Aven.
BBESo the Lord made Israel safe that day: and the fight went over to Beth-aven.
WebsterSo the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over to Beth-aven.

What does 1 Samuel 14:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven--that is, "Beth-el." It passed over the forest, now destroyed, on the central ridge of Palestine, then over to the other side from the eastern pass of Michmash (1Sa 14:31), to the western pass of Aijalon, through which they escaped into their own plains.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 14:16-23

The Philistines were, by the power of God, set against one another. The more evident it was that God did all, the more reason Saul had to inquire whether God would give him leave to do any thing. But he was in such haste to fight a fallen enemy, that he would not stay to end his devotions, nor hear what answer God would give him. He that believeth, will not make such haste, nor reckon any business so urgent, as not…

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1 Samuel 14:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיּ֧וֹשַׁעvai.Yo.o.sha'and he deliveredH3467
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בַּיּ֥וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַה֖וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וְהַ֨מִּלְחָמָ֔הve.Ha.mil.cha.Mahand the battleH4421
עָבְרָ֖ה'a.ve.Rahit passed beyondH5674
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בֵּ֥יתbeitBethH1007
אָֽוֶן\׃'A.venAvenH1007

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 14:23

  • Exodus 14:30

    Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.

  • 1 Samuel 13:5

    And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth–aven.

  • Psalms 44:6-8

    For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

  • Hosea 1:7

    But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

  • 2 Kings 14:27

    And the Lord said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

  • Judges 2:18

    And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the Lord.
Ex 14:30; Jud 2:18; 2Ki 14:27; Ps 44:6-8; Ho 1:7
Beth-aven.
13:5

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 14:22

    Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.

  • 1 Samuel 14:23

    So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth–aven.

  • 1 Samuel 14:24

    And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.

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1 Samuel 14:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así salvó Jehová á Israel aquel día. Y llegó el alcance hasta Beth-aven.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et l’ Éternel sauva Israël ce jour-là. Et la bataille s’étendit au-delà de Beth-Aven.
German
Elberfelder 1871
So rettete Jehova Israel an selbigem Tage. Und der Streit ging über Beth-Awen hinaus.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et salvavit Dominus in die illa Israël: pugna autem pervenit usque ad Bethaven.